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Category Archives: United States Department of Education
OCR to Collect Statistical Data RE: Seclusion & Restraints as well as Discipline of Students With Disabilities
Image via WikipediaThe Office of Civil Rights, like OSEP a division of the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services, of the federal Department of Education, has announced that it will begin collecting statistical data about more than j… Continue reading
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Seclusion and Restraints Study Released by Department of Education
Image by Christopher S. Penn via FlickrThe United States Department of Education has released a study detailing the policies and laws of the individual states concerning the use of seclusion and restraints. You may read the entire study here. A summa… Continue reading
Expedited Due Process Hearings in Discipline Cases
As many of you know, some due process hearings must be expedited, Specifically, in cases involving a change of placement of a child with a disability for disciplinary reasons, a request for due process hearing must be an expedited hearing. IDEA Section… Continue reading
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